Marian Anderson
Slim Aarons · 1953
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About this work
Marian Anderson, 1953
In a television studio a woman stands in a polka dot suit with a brooch, hands folded in front of her, head lifted and her eyes turned up and away. A heavy dark curtain hangs behind her. A large microphone hangs above her head on a boom. On the left stands a heavy television camera with lettering on it, cables, and a second machine below.
1953, during filming for the television special The Ford 50th Anniversary Show. The American contralto Marian Anderson is singing, and Aarons picks the moment when her mouth is half open and nobody is looking at her. The camera on the left is as large as she is and stands there like a threat; between the two she is the only thing catching light.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- USA
- Year
- 1953
- Reference
- 1496421444
The photographer
Photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places.
George Allen Aarons, born in New York, served as a military photographer in World War II and subsequently transitioned to print journalism. Whereas he previously documented the war, he deliberately chose the opposite subject: the leisure time of the rich and famous, in breathtaking settings.
His most famous photograph, The Kings of Hollywood (1957), encapsulates what he sought in all his portraits: glamour, charisma, and celebrity, captured in a relaxed manner.
Aarons won the trust of the people he photographed, thereby gaining access to some of the most intimate and candid portraits of the twentieth century. In 2007, Getty Images published the book Poolside With Slim Aarons , crowning his legacy.
- Born October 29, 1916 , New York
- Died May 29, 2006 , Montrose, NY
- Hulton Archive / Getty Images
